A. The only category that we all agreed on was original screenplay.
B. Overall, Kris and I agreed five times.
C. Overall, Kris and Guy agreed three times.
D. Guy and I agreed only once (original screenplay).
E. Kris and I believed there would be ten nominees for best picture.
F. Guy believed there would only be eight nominees.
G. I was somewhat biased that “Cloud Atlas” would receive more nominations than Kris or Guy.
H. Guy was somewhat biased that “The Master would receive more nominations than Kris or I.

It turns out:

A. We all got “Flight” wrong.
E. We were wrong there were nine.
F. Guy was wrong there were eight.
G. I was wrong as “Cloud Atlas” was sadly completely shut out.
H. Guy was mostly right as he had Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix in their respective acting races (Kris also had Adams in supporting actress).

Since all three of us skipped the shorts categories that meant there were a final tally of 107 possible nominations to guess correctly. Here’s the scores:

Additionally, each of us guessed one category completely. Kris predicted makeup and hairstyling, Guy nabbed adapted screenplay and I correctly predicted visual effects.

As for best picture, Guy came closest predicting eight correct nominees, but excluding “Django Unchained.” I missed out on including “Moonrise Kingdom” and “Skyfall” and passing over “Amour.” Kris’ mistake was including “The Intouchables.”

We’ll circle back on Feb. 25 and see how we did on picking the final winners.
How did you do on your predictions? What surprised you the most? Share your thoughts below.

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I like seeing which solo predictions we got right. Greg, for example, was the only one to predict ‘Django Unchained’ for Cinematography and ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ for Visual Effects. Kris got ‘5 Broken Cameras’ for Documentary, ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ for Editing and ‘Les Mis’ for Makeup. And I was alone in predicting Joaquin Phoenix for Actor, Quvenzhane Wallis for Actress and ‘Mirror Mirror’ for Costume Design.

Mutual back-patting all round.

By: DylanS

01.11.2013 @ 3:37 PM

by the way, Guy. Good call on both Phoenix and Adams. I wanted for them to both be in, but after the SAG snubs, and how they impacted the actors races so heavily last year, I just thought it wasn’t going to happen. Kudos to you for sticking with your gut on that won, and we can feel good in the fact that even though the writers passed over Anderson’s rich screenplay, the actors stepped up their recognition.

By: JJ1

01.11.2013 @ 4:06 PM

I find it interesting that Snow White’s (which didnt initially seem to be a given nom) reel went over well at the bake-off … and voi-la, it’s nominated.

By: Hans

01.11.2013 @ 5:20 PM

Nice job, guys! My final count was 81 right, 26 wrong (90 with the shorts). I somehow managed four categories perfect (Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, and, of all things, Costume Design!) but whiffed the sound categories with 5/10 between those two. I ended up over-predicting TDKR, Cloud Atlas, and Skyfall, and under-predicted The Hobbit. In my pool of four, we all missed Amour for Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Also, I will say, I definitely used a lot of influence from the BAFTA nominations, so make of that what you will.

By: Is Oscar season over yet??

01.11.2013 @ 6:11 PM

Kris is rude
Guy is bitchy
Grey is giddy

You three complement each other perfectly

By: Is Oscar season over yet??

01.11.2013 @ 6:12 PM

*Greg

By: KristopherTapley

01.11.2013 @ 6:25 PM

I was gonna say, I don’t recall “The Grey” being an overly jubilant enterprise.

By: Derek 8-Track

01.11.2013 @ 6:34 PM

I usually have to scroll over the giddy, it reads pretentious.

too crass? sorry.

By: Loyal Mehnert

01.11.2013 @ 7:17 PM

You have it all wrong.

Kris is surly
Guy is pedantic
Grey is the best film of 2012

By: JLPatt

01.11.2013 @ 8:06 PM

How much you wanna bet Hawkes was snubbed because he didn’t go full frontal.

By: crossie

01.12.2013 @ 7:09 AM

The only category I had a real stake in predicting was Best Animated Feature, and I bumped Frankenweenie and The Pirates! for The Rabbi’s Cat and Rise of the Guardians.

That being said, Pirates! was a pleasant surprise, and I didn’t much care for Guardians, and unexpected lack of a GKIDS movie meant this was the first time I’ve seen all five animated nominees theatrically.

By: JJ1

01.12.2013 @ 12:48 PM

I got supp. Actor, original screenplay, art direction, costumes, and makeup all correct.

But I really blew it with actress (Cotillard, Mirren), supp. Actress (Dench, Kidman), and the sounds (all over the place).